Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Western Tire Company store on the southeast corner of Sixth Street and Olive Street, 1920-1921. Pedestrians are walking across the street and on the sidewalk. Very tall buildings adjacent to store and in background. Two automobiles, a truck and a couple of motorcycles/bicycles are parked on the street. Streetcar rails visible in street. Utility poles and lines criss-cross the upper portion of the image. Legible signs include: "Los Angeles [...]ey Co.", ..."St. Factory", "Model lunch room", "Pure candies", "Shave", "Tire bargains", "We are moving to 1007 S. Main, 1006 S. Bdwy.", "Standard make 33-4 $17.30" + 32 other price signs, addresses "600" & "604" & "612", "Bargains in tires", "Standard make, first 6000 miles, factory"..., "Open Sundays & evenings", "Automobile Tire Co.", "Western Tire Co., guaranteed vulcanizing", "Goodyear service station", ..."Dye works, [...] repairing", ..."for [...] delivered"..., "J.C. Cross Co., Hartford[?] Tires Federal", "Rude & Opp", "Kelly-Springtie[...] Tire"..., "Garage".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 16.5 x 21.5 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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